Olof Njie neh tukki yokkul worssak, nya ko lekka ko fa nekkul.
Here's the paraphrase:
Going overseas doesn't always amount to good fortune. You're able to save because your dependents are far-off. It's a different ball game when you're at home where you can work twice as hard and still unable to save, chiefly because of the dependency culture, the causesless demands, and your proximity.
And there's so much solidarity in poverty ayard that you cannot keep it hundred. You cannot say how some of us take advantage of the kindness of others, or talk about laziness lest folks will rebuke you as if you're mean.
We'd instead say: Santal yallah... denj la yaakar (be thankful for the hope they've in you). But we discount how some people find it hard to say no (mununyor gantu), and how persistent demands like that can lead to them giving against their will, and that's yaakar turned baakar right there.
Lolor takh fi, semester bu fi nyowe di jayi jomba nyaw, lu gayi johonj nga dorg, two weeks rek nga charlit. Jollof nekh na wye nak lee tamit mung fi.
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